Dark Woods Foundation

Analysis

Dark Woods Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Slaithwaite Road. It was registered in May 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dark Woods Foundation reported income of £25k and spending of £25k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £25k (-50%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dark Woods Foundation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Percys Homeless Hub (£25k), Sidney Sanders Charitable Trust (£25k) and Beulah Land International (£25k).